1600 block of E Cheltenham Ave

How the block compares

The typical home here is $198K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19124 median of $170K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19124 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 84 reported crimes (28 violent) and 123 resident 311 requests to the city.

Philadelphia Police incident reports and 311 service requests within 200m, trailing 12 months. Reported location, not necessarily where an incident occurred.

Schools

The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.

Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.

What it's worth, and where taxes are going

• $198K typical home, up +87% since 2016
• Tax bill $1,473 to $2,282 a year, +4%/yr and compounding
• Whole block: $8.6M assessed, $89,742/yr to the city, about $2,137 per home

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

• 1603 E Cheltenham Aveexemption0.66%$1,256/yr on $190K
• 1607 E Cheltenham Aveexemption0.66%$1,256/yr on $190K
• 1609 E Cheltenham Aveexemption0.66%$1,256/yr on $190K
• 1657 E Cheltenham Aveexemption0.66%$1,256/yr on $190K
• 1659 E Cheltenham Aveexemption0.66%$1,256/yr on $190K
• …and 17 more paying under the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

The starkest example: 1661 E Cheltenham Ave is assessed at $195K but pays $1,616 a year — about 59% of the $2,730 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $187 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years); rental yield is estimated from ACS area rents. Informational only, not investment advice.

How often it changes hands

This block has recorded 64 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 42 homes on the block — value and 12-year trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail on the ones that were bought, built, torn down, or flipped. Sorted up the street; each links to its full city record — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

Worth a look

New construction

1639 E Cheltenham Ave

$197K · built new under a 2022 permit.

New construction

1661 E Cheltenham Ave

$195K · built new (tax-abated).

Renovated & sold on

1613 E Cheltenham Ave

$260K · Bought for $80K in 2021, addition and/or alteration permit in 2023, sold for $310K in 2025 (+288%).

Renovated & sold on

1678 E Cheltenham Ave

$210K · Bought for $70K in 2002, major alteration permit in 2012, sold for $160K in 2022 (+129%).

Renovated & sold on

1635 E Cheltenham Ave

$208K · Bought for $103K in 2005, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $160K in 2021 (+55%).

Renovated & sold on

1605 E Cheltenham Ave

$190K · Bought for $63K in 2022, alterations permit in 2023, sold for $165K in 2023 (+163%).

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.